AM4 Asus B350 Prime Plus: RAM overclocking Help

Raju_29

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So this is my issue.
I brought a Asus B350 Prime plus motherboard back in may and also this RAM from Corsair CORSAIR DESKTOP RAM VENGEANCE LPX SERIES - 16GB (16GBx1) CMK16GX4M1B3000C15. It is a dual rank one and i think the t which they refer in lot of Youtube videos is 2T or something. Problem is the system won't post if i try to overclock the RAM using the XMP profile which happens for a lot of people and i did try overclocking to 2400Mhz, 2666Mhz and finally 2993Mhz along with increasing the voltage to 1.35V and changing the clocks to 15-17-17-35 but still i was not able to post. It works with the default 2133 Mhz with no problem. I found that the RAM is not mentioned in Asus QVL of memory but most variations of the same RAM series are compatible.
Even worse is this RAM stick used to be in AM4 ready memory in corsair website and now its not there. (I am sure it was present while i purchased the stick) I am anyway happy with the performance with the default 2133 Mhz but since the RAM supports upto 3000Mhz is there anyway i can get more performance from the RAM?. Thanks in advance. i tried overclocking with Ryzen Master but it doesn't post too!

Full system specs
CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 (non x version)
Motherboard: Asus B350 Prime Plus
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (16x1)
Gfx card: Asus Geforce Gtx 750ti
Running Latest BIOS 1002 from Asus website
Windows 10 creator update
 
Solution
Don't expect the RAM to run at XMP settings.

Do a manual setting of timings and voltage to the XMP values. Increase the SB voltage slightly.
Then start at 2,666MHz and increase the RAM speed incrementally towards the XMP value, checking that the computer can boot between each increase.
Once you've found the highest bootable speed it's time to check stability and tweak speed/timings/voltage to get optimal performance.

Olle P

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Don't expect the RAM to run at XMP settings.

Do a manual setting of timings and voltage to the XMP values. Increase the SB voltage slightly.
Then start at 2,666MHz and increase the RAM speed incrementally towards the XMP value, checking that the computer can boot between each increase.
Once you've found the highest bootable speed it's time to check stability and tweak speed/timings/voltage to get optimal performance.
 
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